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EDWIN ZEKE FLOYD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1950 – July 11, 1968
Service recordEdwin Zeke Floyd, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 14
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 14
- DAVID LEE BINGAMONSpecialist Four · July 11, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL BLAIRSpecialist Four · July 11, 1968
- DAVID SAMUEL COOKPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- GENE EDWARD FECTEAUPrivate · July 11, 1968
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.